Results 1 to 20 of 30
Thread: Project Silverback
-
10-29-2014 #1
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
Project Silverback
Ever wonder what it takes to install a Roadster Shop chassis under a first Gen Camaro. Well here you go. As promised. We will be doing a step by step on the install. The Chassis is ordered on being build so there will be a little delay in between post. This is round two at our shop for Anthony's Camaro. He first came to us 2 years ago to do a Tremic 6 speed and a LS2 swap. He has been out enjoying the car" Thrashing on it to hard apparently" . So after some seat time with the new drive train and pretty much stock suspension. Well like all of us. He has could the bug to go faster and handle better. The lower end suffered from a new corvette taking an ass whopping from the Camaro...Oh and a missed gear cause it to bounce off the big end of the tack and suffer some lower end damage. But hey. He won. So no better time to stroke the motor and add some serious adhesion to the road.
Here is the tear down.
-
10-29-2014 #2
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
01-25-2015 #3
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jan 2007
- Location
- Indianapolis
- Posts
- 19
Project Silverback
Hey for the record I didn't miss the shift. The stock oil pickup o-ring was the culprit. Oil starvation during heavy acceleration. ?
Either way, excited to get this unit back on the road.1969 Camaro SS/RS badging, Cortez Silver Black Hockey, LS2 Speed Inc Si5v2 cam, American Powertrain T56 Magnum, Rushforth Rated-X Smoked Titanium, DSE 2" springs, DSE Dash with AutoMeter UltraLite IIs. Engine and Transmission swap by Paradise Road Rod and Custom
01-25-2015 #4
Registered User
- Join Date
- Aug 2008
- Location
- Iowa
- Posts
- 304
I am looking forward to updates!
04-16-2015 #5
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
We have clearly been behind the ball with these project updates. Here are some updates, we got the completed frame from Roadster Shop and it looks amazing. It has since been power coated and is in the process of being built back up with Bear brakes with Roadster Shop edition 6-piston calipers. It has also been fitted with Penske triple adjustable coil overs. The floors in the car needed some work so we cut them out and installed a nice clean pan. The trunk was also replaced but needed some modifications to allow the frame to fit correctly. The motor has been stroked and fitted with a F.A.ST. intake and is now making 680 H.P. The one off forglines are on there way, stay tuned for updates!
04-16-2015 #6
Registered User
- Join Date
- Nov 2006
- Location
- Ma.
- Posts
- 5,569
Very Nice!
Wayne
Car FINALLY home !!!!!! lol
Project FNQUIK https://www.pro-touring.com/showthre...ghlight=FNQUIK
04-16-2015 #7
Registered User
- Join Date
- Sep 2004
- Posts
- 32
What coating did you put on the underside of the camaro
04-17-2015 #8
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
We use a product called Raptor Liner
Originally Posted by mjp01243
04-22-2015 #9
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
She is coming together
05-01-2015 #10
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
We pulled the car into the booth yesterday and got the floors and the trunk in epoxy. Next step is Dynamat.
05-01-2015 #11
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jul 2011
- Location
- Costa Mesa
- Posts
- 63
Should be beautiful when finished
Maybe I misses it, what's the plans for the car once finished? Autocross, road racing, cruising etc
What mufflers are you running on Silverback?
05-04-2015 #12
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
His plans are to start Autocross and Road course racing. The car is going to be running Black Widow mufflers. Originally Posted by A.I.I.
05-07-2015 #13
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
Some really exciting news coming very soon!
Stay Tuned!
-Tanner
05-08-2015 #14
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
Check out the very fist set of Forgline ga3c wheels! Fresh from the the fellas in Dayton this morning. Dreamt up by silverbacks owner, and put into reality by the great team over at Forgline. These wheels will soon be but in production and available to everyone.
05-08-2015 #15
Registered User
- Join Date
- Dec 2006
- Location
- Out of the Burbs of Detroit to SoCal, then onto my ancestral homeland, the woods of Cascadia
- Posts
- 1,753
what rocker covers are those? Sorry for OT
Greg Fast
(yes, the last name is spelled correctly)
1970 Camaro RS Clone
1984 el Camino
1973 MGB vintage E/Prod race car
(Soon to be an SCCA H/Prod limited prep)
05-11-2015 #16
Registered User
- Join Date
- Aug 2009
- Location
- Napa, Ca.
- Posts
- 190
Looking good guys. Love those wheels.
Jeff
69 Camaro build, body & paint by West Coast Auto Craft
Build thread http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/show...ght=brownstone
Lateral-g Feature http://www.lateral-g.net/forums/showthread.php4?t=44186
Thanks to Matt's Classic Bowties and Pro-Touring.com
05-12-2015 #17
Starting The Transformation
- Join Date
- Jan 2015
- Location
- Charlotte, NC
- Posts
- 309
Wicked shots!
06-01-2015 #18
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
Sorry for the few and far between updates everyone has been rushing around getting this car together for the Power Tour. We got the body mounted back to the Roadster Shop frame and immediately started running the wiring for the car. With the wiring done it was on to interior. The owner decided on some recaro seats that we had striped and refinshed ( Pictures Attached). All Seats and interior done by Jarrod Firkins. Wrapped Up Interiors. Exhaust was done by our own Wade Sellers with all stainless tubing with Black Widow mufflers. With the big things out of the way it was time to fire it up! The video does not do the car justice, this car sounds wicked and is a beast. Now all that is left is to finish up some last minute things before she heads off on the Power Tour. Project Silverback will be featured in a upcoming issue of Pro-Touring Magazine!
06-01-2015 #19
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
We are having some problems uploading the video to pro-touring. Check out our facebook page with the start up video until we get this problem solved.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Parad...078876?fref=nf
06-05-2015 #20
Registered User
- Join Date
- Jun 2006
- Location
- Indianapolis,IN
- Posts
- 1,605
Hey guys things are starting to wrap up here, just finishing up some small things here and there. I wanted to get some pictures up of the full interior of the car. The seats turned out awesome and the interior as a whole looks great.
Reply With Quote
